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February 24, 2020
Nigeria and five other Africancountries have secure their Olympic tickets for Tokyo 2020 Olympics on theopening day of the just concluded African Qualification Tournament for theTokyo 2020 Olympics.
Morocco and Egypt secured twoOlympic tickets each while the remaining four tickets were won by Nigeria,Ethiopia, Cote D’Ivoire and Gabon.
In the female-49kilogramms, thenumber one and two seed, Egypt’s Nour Abdelsalam and Morocco’s El Boutchi,lived up pre-tournament rating as they emerged as the category’s Olympic ticketholders.
In the female -67kilograms, currentAfrican Champion and the number one seed, Egypt’s Malak Hedaya joined thenumber three seed, Nigeria’s Elizabeth Anyanacho as the category’s Olympicticket holders.
In the male -58kg, the number oneseed Morocco’s Omar Lakehal and Ethiopia’s Solomon Demse emerged as thecategory’s Olympic ticket holders.